VALUATION DEPARTMENT. STATEMENT OF THE RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1931.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1931 Session I-II, B-17

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1931. NEW ZEALAND.

VALUATION DEPARTMENT. STATEMENT OF THE RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1931.

Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 59 of the Valuation of Land Act, 192'').

Statement of the Receipts and Payments for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Dr. Receipts. £ s. d. Or. Payments. £ s. d. To Fees for valuers'reports, &o. 30,835 5 1 By Salaries .. .. .. 38,470 7 9 Contributions from local au- Advertising, books, newsthorities for preparing and papers, and other publicacorrecting rolls .. .. 11,814 0 3 tions .. .. .. 128 10 3 State Advances Department Assessment Court expenses .. 576 7 10 for agency work .. .. 1,250 0 0 Deposits as security against Land - tax Department for costs of appeal refunded .. 20 0 0 supplying land-tax rolls .. J 1,980 0 0 Pees to valuers .. .. 18,460 4 9 Salaries of officers while em- Freight, cartage, and transport ployed by other Depart- j charges .. .. .. 2 9 1 ments — Fuel, light, power, and water 16 10 6 Treasury Department .. 6 0 0 Law-costs .. . . 44 10 0 State Advances Depart- Maps (maintenance), tracings, ment .. .. .. 2 0 0 schedules of land transacInternal Affairs Department 40 19 10 tions, &c. .. .. 248 11 6 State Forest Service .. 4 18 Maps (purchase) .. .. 994 6 1 Defence Department .. 9 4 0 Office expenses .. .. 295 19 2 Levying and collecting hospital Office fittings and requisites 39 13 11 rates in Taupo and Sounds Overtime and meal allowances 2 16 0 Counties, and in Waiheke Payment to Post and TeleIsland .. .. .. 161 19 8 graph Department for Miscellaneous recoveries .. 312 8 j services of officers .. 100 0 0 Balance .. .. .. 12,397 510 j Postages, telegrams, and rent of boxes .. .. 666 1 6 Printing and stationery .. 995 17 3 Rent .. .. .. 419 6 6 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) 445 4 11 Transfer and removal expenses of officers .. .. 3 7 9 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 6,528 13 9 Typewriters (purchase) .. 35 12 0 Typewriters (repairs) . . 9 18 6 £68,504 9 0 £68,504 9 0 Valuation Department, T'hos. Brook, Valuer-General. Wellington, Ist May, 1931. Note. —The receipts are £791 19s. 6d. more than the figures shown in the Treasury Accounts, being the difference between the amount in the hands of the Post Office on the 31st March, 1930, and 31st March, 1931. I hereby certify that the Statement of Receipts and Payments has been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly states the position as disclosed thereby. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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